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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1945
Page
10
The Daily Record lists valid Meat Red stamps, Foods-Blue stamps, Sugar stamps, Gasoline and Fuel Oil coupons with expiration dates through June 2, 1945. Airplane shoe stamps and shoe coupon instructions appear, followed by local court notices and a string of police reports, fires, alarms, and birth announcements across Cedar Rapids entries and local addresses.
U S Eighth Army neared Subic Bay as guerillas paddled out with word that Filipinos had won the beachhead and Japanese were dead or fleeing. Rear Admiral Struble planned bombardment but none fired as American troops landed amid cheering crowds. Casualties were minimal with most Japanese gone or hiding in Bataan.
Japanese headquarters said Nipponese forces in China finished seizing the last 20 miles of the Canton Hankow railway and captured an American airfield at Suichwan in southern China. The rail seizure would strengthen Japanese positions on the South China coast ahead of any anticipated American invasion.
Norman Rockwell water color depicting a Cleveland polling place will hang temporarily in the Chamber of Commerce lobby before joining the chamber parlor collection. Curtis Publishing sent the painting to The Gazette, which entrusted it to the chamber for permanent display.
Adolf Hitler in a 20 minute radio address marked the 12th anniversary of his rise to power. He urged Germans to fight to final victory despite Allied pressure and eastern losses, claiming resilience and divine backing to endure suffering if necessary. He warned that Bolshevism would fail and that internal national socialist will sustain Germany.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 lists publication details. It shows address at 600 3rd Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa postal information and wartime service credits. Included are subscription rates by carrier and mail for various regions and editions.
Senate Democrats ordered a caucus to discuss Henry A. Wallace’s nomination as secretary of commerce. Led by Alben Barkley from Naval hospital, the move signals administration hopes to unify support despite bipartisan opposition and a potential political clash.
The next well children’s clinic will be held Thursday from 10 a.m. to noon in room 401 at City Hall. Sponsored by Community Nutrition Service the event targets children aged 2 to 12 and focuses on prevention rather than treatment. Each child is examined by the physician with consults between mother and nutritionist. appointments via 5515 or drop a card to Community Nutrition Service 401 City Hall.
A chosen squad from the young men's bureau and Choral club teams of the YMCA will face the John Beck basketball team of the Allied Industrial league in an exhibition at the Quaker Oats gym Thursday night. The game opens the bureau’s regular meeting and Choral club members also belong to the bureau.
Secretary of State Stettinius and Roosevelt aide Hopkins visited Allied headquarters in Italy on Tuesday and Wednesday. They met with Lt. Gen. Ira C. Baker and Lt. Gen. Joseph T. McNarney and held several conferences before departing by air.
A long debate over a local option liquor bill includes pro and con remarks and cites a moral pledge to protect a little girl from liquor. Roll call lists numerous lawmakers voting For and Against with names and counties, reflecting a tightly divided chamber.
Iowa senators introduced a measure to place tuberculosis patient care at Oakdale Sanatorium on a public health basis, repealing current private repayment. It would end county lien recovery against patients and families, citing 1943 data where only nine percent of costs were collected via liens and 91 percent came from taxes. The bill allows voluntary contributions but removes mandatory liens on real estate.
Eight persons, seven women, were granted citizenship Tuesday by Judge Harry S. Johnson in a naturalization hearing in the city hall's superior court room. Names include Michael M. Laub, Reka Kahler, Edith Weinberg, Louise Zeleny, Mary Loukota, Mary Faust, Marie Macek, and Josephine Perez with listed addresses in SE, NW, SW, and E sectors.
Moline Illinois AP Deere and Co directors authorize payment of the regular quarterly dividend of 35 cents a share on the preferred stock. Dividend payable March 1 to stockholders of record February 10. The action confirms the company’s ongoing dividend policy and sets the payment date and record date.
An old home remedy of mutton suet is advertised as the basis for Penetro, a modern salve that claims three actions: carries medication to skin nerves, reduces muscular tightness through counter irritation, and loosens phlegm via vapor inhalation. The ad urges mothers to buy Penetro at druggists.
The body of James Robert Hash Jr., who died at the Great Lakes naval training center Monday night, will arrive Thursday morning in Cedar Rapids and be taken to the Barta funeral home. He was born March 7, 1926 in Cedar Rapids and was an apprentice chief petty officer in boat training at Great Lakes. Surviving: his parents Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hash and grandmother Mrs. Virginia E. Naugle of Salem, Indiana.
Robert Mulford age 48, formerly of Cedar Rapids, died of a heart attack at 4 a.m. Wednesday in Beverly Hills California where he lived at 610 North Trenton Drive. He was son of the late Mr and Mrs A E Mulford formerly of Cedar Rapids. Surviving are his wife and a daughter Joyce Lyn. Services set for 11 a.m. Thursday at Pierce Brothers mortuary 720 West Washington Boulevard Los Angeles.
Mrs Rose Luella DeWald 54 of 602 Third Ave SW Cedar Rapids died at a local hospital at 1 20 PM Tuesday after a brief illness She was born August 1 1890 in Hebron Nebraska Surviving are her husband William A DeWald three children Mrs Fred C Smith Glen DeWald and Dorothy DeWald three grandchildren and three brothers B M Henderson W L Henderson and W C Henderson Services will be held at Beatty chapel at 2 PM Thursday with Rev Samuel E Dooty of the Church of God officiating Burial will follow in Cedar Memorial Cemetery Friends may call at Beatty's
Beatrice Kay Ullrick infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs Merle L Ullrick of 718 Second Street SW Cedar Rapids died at 9:45 p.m. Tuesday in a Cedar Rapids hospital Born January 27 she is survived by her parents a sister Margreath Ullrick grandparents Fred L Ullrick and Mr and Mrs Harold Wilson Cedar Rapids and several uncles and aunts Private services will be held at Turner chapel at 11 a.m. Thursday Friends may call at the chapel Wednesday evening
Alma Humble died Monday in an Iowa City hospital. Services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at the Rohn chapel conducted by Rev Rodney C Gould of Calvary Baptist Church. Burial in Sand Hill Cemetery Monticello. Friends may call at the Rohn chapel.
In Madrid AP reports some nationals from neutral countries have postponed official and business trips to Berlin amid talk of imminent changes. Market indecision grows as traders expect possible shifts in the war or Germany's fate. Bilbao iron shares fell about 20 points as the week progressed.
The western front from the North Sea to Switzerland sees the Fourth and Seventh armies contending as blizzards and thawing rain slow operations. U S forces push into or near German soil from Holland to Alsace while the Colmar pocket south of Strasbourg tightens under French pressure.
A letter signed by 12 university presidents including Harvard’s James B. Conant and Princeton’s Harold W. Dodds argues against immediate compulsory postwar military training. They urge President Roosevelt to delay the plan until Germany is defeated, proposing a cool, deliberate congressional debate to reach a wise decision. They warn wartime pressure risks undermining democratic processes and emphasize support for a year of training only after adequate deliberation.
Robert Harvey of Des Moines becomes manager of Bishop's cafeteria in Cedar Rapids, replacing Roy S. Doty who moves to Peoria. Doty has led Cedar Rapids since 1932 and will run Bishop's in Davenport, while H. Clay Gardner shifts to Davenport and R. L. Triplett leaves design work. The Bishop Stoddard company runs cafeterias in Iowa cities and in Peoria and Rockford Illinois.
Tokyo radio reports lone American B-29 Superfortresses attacked the Osaka region on Honshu early Wednesday, with Japanese officials confirming raids in the area. The dispatch notes the air raid targeted industrial and military sites as part of ongoing Allied bombing campaigns.
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